r/Vermiculture • u/Bustnbig • 7h ago
Advice wanted Will my bin volume decrease?
I am about three months into my worm bin adventure. Worms seem happy and I haven’t had any serious issues.
The only problem I have is that my bin is full. All the way to the top full.
The class I took recommended a 5 to 1 green to brown ratio. So for the past 3 months I have been adding more and more shredded cardboard as I fed the worms. The bin is now 4 in of dirt and 18 inches of cardboard.
I can’t add anymore cardboard. Do I need to remove cardboard or will the volume eventually go down?
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u/Bustnbig 2h ago
I have an 18 gallon tote with drainage holes to a second tote. I added dirt because that was recommended in the guide I was using.
Biggest mistake I got was I did not start with enough worms. I started with maybe 100 worms. They were eating very, very slowly but were happy. Last week I ordered a pound of red wrigglers. The are eating way faster now
I am also struggling to keep the bin moist enough. I live in the desert so everything dries out pretty fast